President Buhari Orders Conditional Lifting Of Ban On Twitter [VIDEO]
President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday said he had directed a conditional lifting of the ban placed on the operations of the microblogging site, Twitter, in Nigeria in June. Buhari disclosed this in his nationwide broadcast to Nigerians to mark the nation’s 61st independence. He described social media as a very useful platform but regretted that some users have misused the platform...
Nothing To Celebrate About Nigeria’s 61st Independence – Seun Kuti
Popular saxophonist and afrobeat icon, Seun Kuti, has said that there is nothing to celebrate on the occasion of Nigeria’s 61st independence anniversary. The son of Nigerian music legend, Fela Anikulapo said in a statement on Friday that Nigeria is near collapse as the high level of hunger, insecurity, unemployment and corruption is ‘worrisome’, He noted that the celebration ought to...
Nigeria @61: Country Of Our Dream A Collective Effort — Ogah
As Nigeria marks its 61 anniversary as an independent nation, Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah has called for a collective effort in raising the country to a height of envy in the comity of nations. According to the Minister, the country has made tremendous efforts in surging on as a nation of common purpose...
Nigeria’s Independence Day: Rep Onyejeocha Urges More Participation Of Women In Politics
Rep. Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, Deputy Majority Leader of the House of Representatives has urged women to participate more actively in Nigeria’s politics. The lawmaker said this on Friday in Abuja, when a group, Young Women in Politics paid a courtesy call on her. She said her vision was to see that Nigerian women attained the most enviable position in the country, stressing...
IPOB’s Sit-At-Home Order Records Total Compliance On Independence Day
Sit–at–home ordered by the leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, was totally observed in all parts of the South East on the October 1 Independence Day as cities in the zone were deserted. The sympathy sit-at-home was declared by IPOB for people from Southeast not to be part of Nigeria’s Independence Day celebration, saying that there was...
NECA-DG, Dr Timothy Olawale Slumps, Dies In Abuja
The Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) has confirmed the death of its Director-General, Dr Timothy Olawale. NECA Secretariat said in a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday that Olawale passed on, on Friday, October 1 in a hospital in Abuja. A report said he slumped, before being taken to the hospital, where he breathed his last. “It is with deepest sadness...
UNIPORT VC, Prof. Georgewill to Deliver Keynote Address at 2021 IgbereTV Awards
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt, Professor Georgewill Owunari will on 2nd November deliver a keynote address at the 2021 IgbereTV Leadership Excellence Awards. This was made known in a press release on Saturday in Abuja by the Executive Director of Igbere TV and secretary of the event's Organising Committee, Emeh James Anyalekwa. Anyalekwa said the erudite professor, who has...
Barely One Week After Returning From UNGA, Buhari Set To Jet Out To Addis Ababa
Barely one week after returning from 76 session of the United Nations General Assembly, UNGA in New York, United States, President Muhammadu Buhari is set to travel to Addis Ababa on Monday for the second term inauguration of the Ethiopian Prime Minister. This was disclosed in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, on...
‘Buhari’s Pardon To Nnamdi Kanu Will End Insecurity In South East’
A group, Youth Advocate for Peace, Justice and Empowerment Network (YAPJEN), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to end insecurity in the Southeast by granting a presidential pardon to the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. It blamed Buhari for what it termed creating the hitherto unknown Mazi Kanu and making him a hero by detaining...
President Buhari Appoints Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf As FCT Chief Judge
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday asked the Senate to confirm the nomination of Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf for appointment as the Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). Senate President Ahmad Lawan read Buhari’s letter on the floor at plenary. Buhari on August 14 named Justice Baba-Yusuf as the Acting Chief Judge of the FCT. Details shortly…
